{"product_id":"9781783088485","title":"Tanpinar's 'Five Cities'","description":"Author: Ahmed Hamdi Tanpinar\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781783088485\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Anthem Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Nov 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 228 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst English translation of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar's \u003ci\u003eBe ehir.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAhmet Hamdi \u003ci\u003eTanpinar's 'Five Cities'\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in Turkish as \u003ci\u003eBe ehir \u003c\/i\u003ein 1946 and revised in 1960. It consists of five essays, each focused on a city significant in Anatolian history and in Tanpinar's emotional life. Part history, part autobiography, part poetic meditation on time and memory,\u003ci\u003e Five Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is Proustian in style, with a tension between a backward-looking melancholy and a concern for the unpredictable future of the author's country. Comparable to Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk's \u003ci\u003eIstanbul: Memories of a City, Five Cities \u003c\/i\u003eemphasizes personal attitudes and reactions but has a wider scope of geography, history and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924869693598,"sku":"ING-9781783088485","price":15.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781783088485.jpg?v=1782954143","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781783088485","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}